Synchrotron Radiation

In this book the characteristics of synchrotron radiation, including insertion device radiation, are described and derived from first principles. The reader is first introduced to the subject in an intuitive way in order to gain familiarity with the underlying physical processes. A rigorous mathematical derivation of the theory then follows. Since the characteristics of synchrotron radiation are intimately connected with the parameters of the electron beam and its accelerator, a basic introduction to electron beam dynamics and accelerator design is included. The book is aimed at graduate students and scientists working with synchrotron radiation and is designed to serve both as a textbook and as a reference work. It includes numerous exercises, some with solutions.

1. Charges and Fields.- 2. Fundamental Processes.- 3. Overview of Synchrotron Radiation.- 4. Radiation Sources.- 5. Accelerator Physics.- 6. Particle Beam Optics.- 7. Radiation Effects.- 8. Storage Ring Design as a Synchrotron Light Source.- 9. Theory of Synchrotron Radiation.- 10. Insertion Device Radiation.- 11. Free Electron Lasers.- A. Solutions to Exercises.- B. Mathematical Constants and Formulas.- B.1 Constants.- B.2 Series Expansions.- B.3 Multiple Vector Products.- B.4 Differential Vector Expressions.- B.5 Theorems.- B.6 Coordinate Systems.- B.7 Gaussian Distribution.- B.8 Miscelaneous Mathematical Formulas.- C. Physical Formulas and Parameters.- C.1 Constants.- C.2 Unit Conversion.- C.3 Relations of Fundamental Parameters.- C.4 Energy Conversion.- C.5 Maxwell’s Equations.- C.5.1 Lorentz Force.- C.6 Wave and Field Equations.- C.7 Relativistic Relations.- C.8 Four-Vectors.- D. Electromagnetic Radiation.- D.1 Radiation Constants.- D.2 Bending Magnet Radiation.- D.3 Periodic Insertion Devices.- D.3.1 Insertion Device Parameter.- D.3.2 Field Scaling for Hybrid Wiggler Magnets.- D.3.3 Particle Beam Parameter.- D.4 Undulator Radiation.- D.5 Photon Beam Brightness.- D.5.1 Effective Source Parameter.- References.